Title 47 — Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
34 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
AS 47.33.005 Purpose.
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The purpose of this chapter is to (1) contribute to the development of a system of care by encouraging the establishment of assisted living homes that provide a homelike environment for elderly persons and persons with a mental or physical disability who need assistance with the …
AS 47.33.010 Applicability.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 47.33.020 Health-related services allowed in assisted living homes.
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(a) This chapter does not prohibit the resident of an assisted living home from self-administering the resident's own medications, unless the resident's assisted living plan specifically provides otherwise. (b) An assisted living home may provide, obtain, or offer to provide or o…
AS 47.33.030 Advance payments.
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(a) An assisted living home may not require a resident or prospective resident of the home or a resident or prospective resident's representative, to make an advance payment to the home except as security for performance of the contract or as advance rent for the immediately foll…
AS 47.33.040 Residents' money.
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(a) Except for advance payments under AS 47.33.030, an assisted living home may not require a resident of the home to deposit with the home money that belongs to the resident. The provisions of (b) of this section do not apply to money that constitutes an advance payment under AS…
AS 47.33.050 Temporary absence.
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(a) An assisted living home may agree to reserve space for a resident of the home who is temporarily absent from the home and plans to return to the home. The absent resident, or the resident's representative, shall notify the home in writing if the resident's plan to return to t…
AS 47.33.060 House rules.
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(a) An assisted living home may establish house rules. The house rules must be consistent with 42 C.F.R. 441.301(c)(4) and subject to the limitations provided for under this chapter. (b) An assisted living home shall give a copy of the house rules to a prospective resident or the…
AS 47.33.070 Resident files.
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(a) An assisted living home shall maintain, for each resident of the home, a file that includes (1) the name and birth date, and, if provided by the resident, the social security number of the resident; (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the resident's closest relativ…
AS 47.33.080 Closure or relocation; change of mailing address.
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(a) Not later than 90 days before the voluntary closing or relocation of an assisted living home, the home shall provide written notice of the closure or relocation to the licensing agency, each resident of the home, all representatives of residents, and all service coordinators …
AS 47.33.090 Rate increase.
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An assisted living home may not increase the rate charged for services provided by the home unless the home notifies each resident or the resident's representative of the increase at least 30 days before the increase is to take effect.
AS 47.33.100 Criminal background check for employees. [Repealed, § 49 ch 57 SLA 2005.]
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Article 2. Residency; Assisted Living Plans.
AS 47.33.200 Commencement of residency.
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A person may not begin to reside in an assisted living home without that person's consent, or, if the person is not competent, the consent of the person's representative.
AS 47.33.210 Residential services contracts.
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(a) A person may not begin residency in an assisted living home unless a representative of the home and either the person or the person's representative sign a residential services contract that complies with the provisions of this section. Upon the signing of the contract, the h…
AS 47.33.220 Assisted living plan required.
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An assisted living home shall ensure that an assisted living plan for a resident of the home is developed, and approved by the resident or the resident's representative, within 30 days after the resident was admitted to the home. The assisted living plan must be developed by the …
AS 47.33.230 Assisted living plan contents; distribution.
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(a) An assisted living plan for a resident of an assisted living home must (1) promote the resident's participation in the community and increased independence through training and support, in order to provide the resident with an environment suited to the resident's needs and be…
AS 47.33.240 Evaluation of assisted living plan.
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Article 3. Resident's Rights. (a) An assisted living home resident or the resident's representative, and the home administrator or the administrator's designee, shall evaluate the resident's assisted living plan, determine whether the plan is meeting the resident's reasonable wan…
AS 47.33.300 Residents' rights.
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(a) Subject to (c) of this section, a resident of an assisted living home has the right to (1) live in a safe and sanitary environment free from abuse and discrimination; (2) be treated with consideration and respect for personal dignity, individuality, and the need for privacy, …
AS 47.33.310 Notice of rights.
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(a) At the time a person begins residency in an assisted living home, the home shall provide the resident and the resident's representative, if any, with a copy of the rights set out in AS 47.33.300. The home shall obtain from the resident or the resident's representative a signe…
AS 47.33.320 Access to assisted living home.
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An assisted living home shall allow advocates and the representatives of community legal services programs access to the home at reasonable times to, subject to the resident's consent, (1) visit with a resident of the home and make personal, social, and legal services available t…
AS 47.33.330 Prohibitions.
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(a) An assisted living home, including staff of the home, may not (1) deprive a resident of the home of the rights, benefits, or privileges guaranteed to the resident by law; (2) enter a resident's room without first obtaining permission, except (A) during regular, previously ann…
AS 47.33.340 Resident grievance procedure.
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(a) An assisted living home shall establish a written grievance procedure for handling complaints of residents of the home. At the time a person begins residency in an assisted living home, the home shall give a copy of the grievance procedure to the resident and the resident's r…
AS 47.33.350 Retaliation against home resident.
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(a) An assisted living home may not take retaliatory action against a resident of that home if the resident or the resident's representative (1) exercises a right provided by this chapter or by other law; (2) appears as a witness, or refuses to appear as a witness, in an adjudica…
AS 47.33.360 Involuntary termination of contract.
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Article 4. Forms. (a) An assisted living home may not terminate a residential services contract with a resident of the home against the resident's will, except (1) for medical reasons; (2) for engaging in a documented pattern of conduct that is harmful to the resident, other resi…
AS 47.33.400 Secs. 47.33.400 , 47.33.410. License required; Licensing agency. [Repealed, § 49 ch 57 SLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 47.33.420 Standard forms.
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The Department of Health shall develop standard forms that assisted living homes may use to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
AS 47.33.430 Authority of state agencies to impose additional requirements. [Repealed, § 49 ch 57 SLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 47.33.500 Secs. 47.33.500 — 47.33.570. Complaint; Immunity; Investigation; Notice of violation; Report of compliance; Administrative sanctions; Administrative procedures; Criminal penalty. [Repealed, § 49 ch 57 SLA 2005.]
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Article 5. General Provisions.
AS 47.33.910 Secs. 47.33.910 , 47.33.920. Fees; Regulations. [Repealed, § 49 ch 57 SLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 47.33.990 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “activities of daily living” means walking, eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, and transfer between a bed and a chair; (2) “administrator” means a person who has general administrative charge and oversight of an assisted living home; (3) “adult” means a pe…